After Ann got a speeding ticket and had to pay a big fine, she decided __________ over the speed limit on interstate highways.
A.to stop driving
B.to stop to drive
C.stopping driving
D.stopping to drive

Graduate students often spend their weekends _______ data for their research.
A.gather
B.to gathering
C.gathering
D.to gather

I can feel something ______ up my leg. It must be an insect.
A.crawl
B.crawled
C.crawling
D.to crawl

I meant _____ the car with petrol before we left.
A.fill
B.to be filled
C.filling
D.to fill

It’s not worth _______ out now. It’s much too late.
A.go
B.gone
C.to go
D.going

Language permits us ________ our heritage through literature narratives.
A.to preseving
B.preserving
C.preserve
D.to preserve

Johnny is only nine, but he intends ___________ a singer when he grows up.
A.to be
B.being
C.Both B and C are correct
D.be

It was cold and snowy last Sunday, so we postponed ________ the botanical gardens until next Sunday.
A.being visited
B.visited
C.visiting
D.to visit

I hope __________ all of my courses this term. So far my grades have been pretty good.
A.pass
B.to pass
C.passing
D.being passed

My father continued _____________ his book even though the children were making a lot of noise.
A.reading
B.and reading
C.and read
D.read